How has language change been related to broader changes in social attitudes and public policy? Does language make a difference in the identities and lives of children like Jamie? How? Why? The God of Small Feasts Shoba Narayan Shoba …

SHOBA NARAYAN Vassage to Kerala onkeys lay spread-eagled in muddy wayside pools and ravens took refuge under drooping jacarandas. It was a sweltering summer’s day in southern Kerala. We were speeding along a narrow coastal road, …

.com), Shoba Narayan writes that the gods venerated by the Hindus include many goddesses. She describes four of the most important ones: Durga, the brave goddess who rode on a tiger and vanquished her foes; Kali, the fierce goddess who…

Shoba Narayan also grew up in India, surrounded by memorable food, as she narrates in Monsoon Diary: A Memoir with Recipes. Kwan, Michael David (1934-2001 ) Things That Must Not Be F orgotten:A Childhood in Wartime China. Soho, 2001.

38 Or consider the experience of a more Westernized, less dutiful daughter, Shoba Narayan, who described herself to readers of New Woman magazine as a ” rabble-rousing feminist.” After five years of college in …